University of South Carolina

School of Library and Information Science

SLIS J756 CHILDREN'S MATERIALS

Spring 2009

Course-Related WWW Links




Literature for Children | University Based Book Centers | Reading | Poetry
Bibliographies and Lists | Author and Illustrator Information | Publisher Sites | Online Journals
Booktalks | Sites for Librarians and Teachers | Evaluating Websites | Intellectual Freedom

WWW Sites for Kids | Search Engines for Kids



Literature for Children

Caldecott Medal Home Page
Newbery Medal Home Page
Coretta Scott King Award Site
Children's Literature Web Guide
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database Database of Award-Winning Children's LiteratureChildren's Literature AssociationFairrosa Cyber Library Carol Hurst's Children's Literature SiteChildren's Book Council (CBC)
International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)
Publisher's Weekly--Children's Bookshelf
International Children's Digital Library


University Based Book Centers

University of Wisconsin Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
University of Illinois Center for Children's Books
South Carolina Center for Children's Books and Literacy (SCCCBL)



Reading

Read Across America
Reading Online
Jim Trelease's Home Page



Poetry

Great Children's Poets
PoetryTeachers.com



Bibliographies and Lists
Children's Book Awards (CLWG)
South Carolina Book Awards (SCASL)
2008 ALA Notables (Children's Books, Recordings, Software, and Videos)
Publisher's Weekly Children's Picture Book Bestseller List
Publisher's Weekly Children's Fiction Book Bestseller List
Lots of Lists--Recommended Books
100 Favorite Children's Books (NYPL)



Author and Illustrator Information

Authors and Illustrators on the Web (CLWG)
Internet Public Library's Youth Division: Authors and Books
Yahoo! Links to Children's Authors



Publisher Sites

Jacketflap.com--a publishing databse Teachers at Random House
HarperCollins Children's
Harcourt School Publishers: The Learning SiteHoughton Mifflin Books for ChildrenLittle, Brown Books for Young ReadersMacmillan/McGraw-HillPenguin Putnam Books for Young ReadersKids@Random House
Scholastic
Simon & Schuster's SimonSays Kids


Online Journals
(Please note that these sites contain selections from their print counterparts and not the entire contents of the journal.) For links to additional online versions of journals, see the SCCCBL webpage

School Library Journal Online Booklist
The Horn Book Magazine The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books



Booktalks

Booktalks--Quick and Simple Booktalking Discussion Group



Sites for Librarians and Teachers

Children's Literature Network
PlanetEsme
Reading Rockets



Evaluating Websites

Evaluate Web Pages (Widener University)
Kathy Schrock's Collection of Critical Evaluation Surveys for WWW Resources
Evaluation of Information Sources (WWW Virtual Library)


Intellectual Freedom

ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom
What Johnny Can't Read: Censorship in American Libraries
ALA's Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read
Banned Books Online
BANNED



WWW Sites for Kids

Using the Internet for School Reports
ALA's Great Web Sites for Kids



Search Engines for Kids

Yahoo! Kids Yahoo's Web guide for kids.
KidsClick! Librarian-created database of websites for kids.
Ask Kids Kids can use natural language to find answers to their questions.


This page is supported by Donna Shannon at the School of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina.